The Late Starters Orchestra - Reading Together - Downtown Symphony

"'Let me be honest with you,' Doug began. 'I’d love to have you in the orchestra. You seem dedicated and interested in learning. You’ve got the right attitude. But this might be frustrating for you. At the beginning you’ll be playing about 10 percent of the music I hand out. By the time the concert comes, you’ll probably be up to 50 percent. Next year, even more. But it’s going to be tough at first. If you don’t think it will be too frustrating for you, you’re in.'"
(page 90, Kindle Edition)

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The Late Starters Orchestra - Reading Together - Love and Marriage

"Then I showed Judah how I could play a song out of these four notes. It is a little melody that Mr. J taught me called 'Sheila’s Open String Waltz.' It goes DDD, AAA, DDGD, AAAD. First I plucked the strings then I bowed them, swaying with a dance-like rhythm. Then I showed him a little open string march called 'A Toy Regimen.'"
(page 79, Kindle Edition)

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The Late Starters Orchestra - Reading Together - Origins

"It’s like men and women talking. You can tell which is the man and which is the woman. That is because of timbre. But more than that. Just like you can tell one man from another and one woman from another, you can tell one cello from another and one cellist from another. Timbre makes the difference."
(page 75, Kindle Edition)

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World Piano News - It’s All About the Instrument

World Piano News delivers the latest news and information relating to the piano - the instrument that is - in a crisp and entertaining fashion.

You won’t find reviews of so-and-so’s new cd release, or lessons on improving your improv skills.

You will, however, find stories about new pianos on the market, interesting instruments coming up for auction, explainers covering various piano technologies, exhibitions, pianos of the rich and famous, pianos in art… there’s always something new to report - and WPN delivers a handful of great stories each and every a week.

In the past month we’ve:
- looked at Steinway’s, new art-case piano
- reported on the hoard of 913 gold coins found in a 1906 piano
- discussed Yamaha’s new SX series of grand pianos
- seen the return of an historic grand to Brighton’s Royal Pavilion after 170 years
- featured the latest yacht pianos
- examined a new piano player
- detailed events at the All About Piano! exhibition including a lecture on the “prepared piano”
… and much, much more.

Take a look today. www.worldpianonews.com

guest post by David Crombie from www.worldpianonews.com

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The Late Starters Orchestra - Reading Together - The Next Chapter

"Rhythm springs from the body and melody from the voice. But harmony, he taught me, springs from the mind."
(page 52, Kindle Edition)

"Several studies show that musicians tend to remain sharper in old age than those who do not have music in their lives. Those with musical training outperformed non-musicians in both visual and verbal memory tasks. It wasn’t only in aural memory that they exceeded the others; it was also in remembering what they read and saw as well." (page 52, Kindle Edition)

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Infographic: 10 Best Fitness Exercises & Stretches for Musicians

One important aspect of learning a new instrument that many students often overlook is keeping your body in good shape. Fortunately there are a few simple exercises that are especially beneficial for musicians, including posture work and arm strengthening. Check them out in the infographic below!

For more information on any of these exercises, visit the TakeLessons blog here.



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The Late Starters Orchestra - Reading Together - The Cello

"Among the first to write music for cello was the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi of Venice (1678–1741), who is probably most famous for his work The Four Seasons, still a concert staple of the string orchestra. While he composed hundreds of works for the violin, he also wrote twenty-seven pieces that highlighted the beauty of the cello. He wrote these in particular for the young ladies of the Ospedale della Pietà, the convent, orphanage, and music school where Vivaldi, a Catholic priest, taught."
(page 35, Kindle Edition)

Here's some more information on the Ospedale della Pietà.
- Vivaldi and the Ospedale della Pieta
- Orphans and Musicians in Venice
- Ospedale della Pieta
- The Four Seasons: Vivaldi and the Pieta

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